Woman Accidentally Traps Large Bear In Her Minivan, It Doesn’t End Well

When a friend stopped by to tell Nicole Minkin Lissenden that her van door was open and some trash was on the ground next to it, she thought it was odd. "We were up at my parents’ house on Beaverdam Road — they were out of town — and the (van) doors were closed but unlocked. All the doors were closed," Lissenden said of her 2008 Honda Odyssey. "I went up and looked and I was like, ’Oh, that’s embarrassing." One door had come ajar and trash was nearby, but she didn’t think much of it and closed the door. It was Sunday afternoon, about 2:30 — not a time you’d expect a prowler to be at work. "I certainly didn’t think it was in the car, so I closed the door at that point and went back inside," Lissenden said.